A suicide bomber shouted "Allahu akbar" (God is greatest) and blew himself up in a packed mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 25 people and wounding 30 during prayers yesterday, the Christian Today website reports today (September 17, 2016).
A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast in Payee Khan, a village in Mohmand Agency that is part of the lawless Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) bordering Afghanistan.
The group said it was a revenge attack, accusing tribesmen in the area of launching an assault on its forces and of capturing militants and handing them over to the government.
"The suicide bomber was in a crowded mosque, he shouted 'Allahu akbar' and then there was a huge blast," Naveed Akbar, deputy administrator of Mohmand Agency, told the press.
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